While it seems logical to begin a project aimed at reducing forklifts and handcarts by looking at the lifts and carts, Morgan Advanced Materials started by examining the material that was being moved. Working under the familiar Pareto principle, they focused on the 20% of the material that moved the most, first, as inputs upon arrival at the facility and second, as finished goods being taken to staging for departure from the plant. As much as possible they rearranged their floor so that big…